Canada's cannabis products routinely mislabelled, a Nova Scotia study finds
Canada's cannabis products routinely mislabelled, a Nova Scotia study finds
Since Canada legalized cannabis in 2018, sales have skyrocketed to an industry now worth $4 billion a year in the country.
But Nova Scotia scientists have made troubling discovery over the products – cannabis strains are being regularly mixed up and mislabelled on the shelves.
The Cannabis Council of Canada, which represents more than 700 licensed growers in the country, suggests it’s a lingering effect from the illegal cannabis market.
Ross Lord looks at how exactly it’s messing up the marketing over scientific facts – and why it could be dangerous.
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I just want to get high
Way too expensive anyway
Are we surprised our reject government screwed something else up? Trudeau couldnt manage a lemonade stand, god help us with that reject in charge of our once great country.
It’s funny how that works. I order my stuff directly from a country that has been in this industry for at least 30 plus years. The illegal market transition should have never occurred and pure genitic strains from country we know and love could have been put in place rather easily. Also this government packaging is a joke and such a waste to the environment. Weed supposed to be bought in bulk and placed into a nice zip lock bag. Instead we have heavy plastic and cardboard waste being produced so the government gets it’s tax due and that’s all it ever cares about instead of making the price reasonable and good for the environment. Also they added a 10% tax to buying weed.
How about the THC amounts that are completely wrong but they price it based on thc level? You don’t know what you are getting until you pick up the bud, look at it, smell it. Where it comes off the plant makes a big difference as well.
In my opinion Canada is today country without future;
Up to about 20 to 25 years ago, the designation of Indica vs Sativa was a generally good way to distinguish the physiologic effects of the various strains; But since then the cross breeding and multiple lines of hybrid upon hybrid has mixed the genome to the point that visual characteristics provide a much less accurate indicator of the ultimate effect on human physiology.
Tim houston and Dr. strang are war criminals along with the sham of a news broadcaster.
As a budtender I knew this all along lol that’s why I tell my customers if it’s not a specific land race it’s a hybrid, as everything is being cross breeding on mass these days.
So many factors contribute to effects. Cannabinoid content and ratios. Terpenes content and ratios.
If vaping, temperature effects what cannabinoids and terpenes are vaporized and made available and in what quantities. Amount of cannabis consumed has a very large effect and large amounts of the same bud can have opposite effects to small amounts or microdosing. It is up to the individual to learn the strains, techniques and LPs that provide the results they desire. A diary of use with this info logged can be invaluable for this.
The legal market makes it much much easier to repeat the results desired by using the same LPs and strains, temps, amounts etc. Using different strains, LPs etc every time makes it almost impossible to predict results. This can be fun for recreational users but medicinal use requires some effort on the part of the patient to achieve consistent results. It is definitely possible though.
Aerosol is what worries me the most it can causes a heart attack..
Honestly, I don’t know how government Cannabis retailers stay in business? I can get better quality cannabis for less than half the price at my local dispensary . And they don’t have any of those stupid wasteful child safety plastic containers!
Umm probably not dangerous…. Another fear tactic…
I believe a company called Global Cannabis Application Corp has a solution to this problem.
I confirmed a successful transfer of $12,000 thanks to 👆 this lockdown had not been bad after all
This is misleading because very few strains are sativa dominant, the strains that say they’re sativa almost all have some indica in them. A dispensary worker can explain that to him. All he is attempting to say is that some indica dominant strains are labeled sativa when in reality, almost all strains are indica dominant, these days. It would be very difficult to make any money, bringing back sativa dominant strains, it will never happen. The most that people who want sativa can get is maybe around 50/50.
He could be bringing up problems like over charging for crappy weed, labeling the same weed as two different kinds of weed, stale weed, weed that’s too dry, but no, he wants people to realize that there is no sativa dominant weed, because sativa has a different effect than indica. He must not smoke weed much. The effects are different for everyone and vary depending on a person’s tolerance, and the amount used. Today’s weed is too strong to smoke much of and not be totally stoned, laying on the couch. If the dispensary worker says one is more mellow or whatever, that’s maybe true if you smoke one hit or are very sensitive, but there are only a few active ingredients of weed, the thc gets you stoned, and it’s in both sativa and indica. Making a big menu with all the levels of goodness is ok but it’s all weed, it all does basically the same thing. I have smoked hundreds of different strains and I never think to myself, this is a sativa buzz, or an indica buzz.
I’ve bought cannabis from the OCS that smelled like water mould. The brand was "Grower’s choice" and clearly the grower must have been an amateur or on crack
Money grab
We need this legalising in Uk, I’m sick of having to see dealers to get my weed and you never know how good it is till you get it. UK is so backward with most things. I need to move to Canada I think 😀
The potency sucks.. it was WAY better before legalization.
The longer you let a sativa finish at the end of flower, the more indica-like it will be 😉 The trichomes turn amber and more sedating. And if you grow an indica, if you cut it down earlier (8 week flower), it can be more sativa-like. In my opinion, Indica and sativa are just indicators on where the plant originated, how the structure of it grows and how long flower generally takes (recommended).
I confirmed a successful transfer of $12,000 thanks to 👆 this lockdown had not been bad after all
blame game… yes blame us the real growers you stole our rights to moderate life
So many strains created by people barley knowing what they were doing for DECADES.
Lawless dysfunction is the cornerstone of the lawless style government of Canada!
dartmouth kush , not kush at all its sativa dominant .
For a so called expert what is he basing his findings off. Sativa means tall and skinny and indica means short and stout. These people are talking about things they don’t understand.
People should know what goes into growing this medicinal plant. Thanks for reporting 👍
It’s true. When I’m high I’m sativa I can only have sex with a girl who’s also high on sativa.
I bet he don’t even smoke 💨 lol
All government weed is just crudely dried ruderalis laced with rat poison and graphene oxide.
Indica= In da couch
Thanks Trudeau for the absolute bonkers regulations that serve to do nothing at all.
Don’t be stupid. Grow your own
Surprised that the government knows that there’s medical value for many forms of disabilities, but still expects medical users to somehow afford it when the government knows that medical pensions are far below the poverty line.
Weed is weed seriously I don’t go by the names
The packaging is bad. You should be able to see what you are buying. Imagine going to a grocery store, or all stores and the fresh fruit and vegetables all came in black bags and containers. Plus it is over packaging. A simple baggie is that is needed.
Woohoo! Annapolis Cider Company lol
Worst journalism ever. Be shamed
Because the government can’t get anything rite!
Just look at TRUDJOKE and all his lies and deception over the last 6 years!!
TRUDJOKE’S plan is to raise taxes and bring in one million immigrants a year or more!
That way he can continue to borrow money at alarming rates , 425 million dollars a day!!!!!
Problem is that it’s a plant that cannot be an accurate consistent product no matter how much you try.
Sativa increases my anxiety but indica near perfect for me legalize!
This is dangerous and we need better labeling., Some one with anxiety disorders who need weed as medicine cannot smoke stavia they need indica, because stavia brings on the anxiey attack’s even more. ENOUGH!!
Same case with a lot o fish products too. No real tuna in the "tuna" at subw@y either but life goes on..
Nice video but one thing i can’t avoid is investing!!
Why doesn’t Nova Scotia do a study on how to provide a way to make a living. Develop the province
I get the feeling Sean Myles doesn’t smoke weed. 😂
I’ve been laughing at the names of weed " strains " for decades. Almost all weed today is " Frankenweed ". The genetics are all mixed up. And there is no info on if cannabis breeds true to seed.
This is at most dispensary in the USA too
I figured as much as a user. My experience has been negatively effected at times. Getting a product that makes me sleep for hours when it says active on the product and is labeled a sativa.